Catenary Aproximation Method in the antifunicular structures design
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https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.13.115Keywords:
Force Density, Antifunicular structures, Tension structures, Catenary approximation, CAMAbstract
This paper describes a new methodology for solving a typical problem in the design of antifunicular structures: how a equilibrium configuration can be obtained with initial geometrical constraints. In the seventies the Force Density Method -FDM- was introduced for the research of an equilibrium position. This method is nowadays being used successfully for both tension structures and antifunicular structures. However, in the second ones, the problem of balance turns non-lineal and must be solved in an iterative manner through successive tests. By means of the so-called Catenary Aproximation Method -CAM, conceived as an assistance tool in the application of the FDM to antifuniculars structures, it is possible to obtain in a simple way a equilibrium configuration with some geometric characteristics previously established.
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